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By: Deuell, Schwertner |
S.B. No. 256 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2013; January 29, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; |
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March 18, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 18, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 256 |
By: Zaffirini |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas |
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medical schools and persons completing medical residency programs |
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in Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0906 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0906. TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TRAINING AND |
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PRACTICE CHOICES. (a) The board by rule shall establish a system |
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under which the board acquires and maintains data regarding the |
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initial residency program choices made by graduates of medical |
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schools in this state and the initial practice choices made by |
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persons completing medical residency programs in this state. The |
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tracking system must: |
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(1) use any data reasonably available to the board, |
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including data maintained by or accessible to medical schools or |
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residency programs in this state; and |
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(2) with respect to a person who completes a medical |
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residency program in this state, collect relevant information for |
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the two-year period following completion of that program. |
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(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), relevant information |
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includes: |
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(1) whether and for how long physicians who complete |
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medical residency programs in this state work in primary care in |
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this state and which medical specialties they report as their |
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primary medical practice; and |
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(2) the locations of the practices established by |
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those persons. |
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SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the |
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tracking system established under Section 61.0906, Education Code, |
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as added by this Act. The board may adopt the initial rules in the |
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manner provided by law for emergency rules. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall establish the tracking system |
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required by Section 61.0906, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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